Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Thirteen days later, Andrew came back.

Fleiss said: "Prophet, that family is dead. Not long ago, a large number of robbers entered the city. These people caused trouble in the city and killed many people."

Lawrence felt sorry for it, but he didn't force it.

It is difficult for people without strength to gain a foothold in this world.

If you are civilized and moral, you will not live long in this world.

If you don't speak at all, you will become ignorant savages like the people here.

Andrew said: "This time Telantho City united with the Valkyries and the Sder people, both places sent many people to the Western Kingdom."

Lawrence thought about this matter and considered the pros and cons in all aspects.

"Dum Port was not attacked, and no one was seen coming back. They have been there for about more than a month."

Lawrence quickly thought of how to deal with this incident.

"You two go directly to Dumu Port to guard, and bring fifty people to form a patrol team. If those people pass by us, we will trade with them normally."

"If there is any trouble, kill them!"

Both Andrew and Fleiss agreed.

Robbery can make people's blood boil, and trade can make people fed and clothed.

Andrew asked: "The people from those two places will not go with us this time, and we won't have to take them with us in the spring."

Lawrence shook his head, this matter is not that simple.

"The reason they cooperate with Telandaho City is because Telandaho City has more ships, and they also know the way."

"But in terms of the distribution method, I have great faith in the integrity of the nobles in Telangta City. They will definitely keep a large amount of wealth for themselves. They would rather bury it in the ground or rot in the warehouse than distribute it to the low-level robbers."

"It's a good thing that they succeeded. It can make the Western Kingdom know how cruel the pirates are, and it can also make the pirates themselves understand who they can follow to find a way out."

"If they fail, more people will follow us."

"Don't worry about their cooperation with Telantho City. As long as they bring treasures with their lives and bravery, we will exchange food, clothing and other things with them, as well as wine and food."

"In addition, when you play cards in the tavern, you can add some bonuses, such as whoever loses will be treated to a drink."

Poker cards are naturally compatible with gambling, especially the environment of pirates, which determines that this thing only needs a little guidance to spread quickly like a virus.

Andrew and Fleiss quickly realized the new way to play.

Lawrence thought about the available people at his disposal.

"Ula, you go and learn how to run a tavern with Ai Ali. I will build a tavern in Dumu Port, and then you can run it there."

Lawrence could not find anyone available. The few available people currently had things to do. After thinking about it, he found that this newly added female slave had great value.

Ulla looked at Lawrence and said carefully: "I have never worked in a tavern..."

"It doesn't matter, if you are not suitable, I will replace you." Lawrence was very straightforward. "All you need to do is use arithmetic to keep accounts. I will arrange for people to assist you in other matters."

"You have to remember that you are mine now, both body and soul. I allow you to get married, have children and start a family, but if you steal or misuse my money for personal matters, the punishment will be very serious!"

Ulla lowered her head hurriedly, "I will obey your orders, Master."

Lawrence quickly arranged for Ai Ali and Emma to teach Ulla arithmetic to check whether she really knew how to arithmetic.

In addition, the construction of the tavern also requires dedicated personnel to be responsible for it. The tavern in Dumu Port must not only have a warehouse, but also a dungeon and a place for security personnel to live to prevent various accidents.

Lawrence quickly remembered that the earliest female slaves sold by southern merchants were also good at arithmetic. These people were not suitable to be personal maids, but they were very suitable to work in taverns.

The new tavern has a variety of functions, such as intelligence exchange, task release, drinking and gambling, eating and purchasing intelligence.

Now that there are taverns and gambling, banks must be indispensable.

Lawrence felt he needed to establish a monetary system.

After thinking about various monetary systems, Lawrence found that his era could not do anything so complicated.

"Let's start with coins. Make some five-yuan copper coins. Each copper coin is calculated as five yuan, which can buy ten loaves of bread or eight eggs."

"In the future, prices will fluctuate according to the situation, and the purchasing power will also increase or decrease according to the total amount. The main purpose is to let the people below get used to the existence of coins, and then exchange some currencies with the outside world to solve their food and drink problems here."

The decimal system is easier to calculate, but it is too troublesome in terms of purchasing power. The main items purchased in this area are wine, bread, eggs, and wheat.

If you only plan to issue one kind of currency first, it would definitely be the most suitable currency of five yuan. Later, when it is stable, you can issue one currency of ten yuan.

Before the manufacturing technology was improved, one dollar was worth too much, which affected blacksmiths from making weapons and agricultural tools and equipment.

How to make money?

Making currency requires a set of molds!

Lawrence quickly found Delenn.

Delen is making bows and arrows. There is a lot of water vapor and humidity on the mountain. Traditional bows and arrows are easily deformed and broken here.

The humid climate affects not only weapons, but also food, housing and livestock health. Compared with these problems, human health is secondary. Most people will not live long enough to have problems.

"Dren, help me make a set of molds. Let's go to the blacksmith shop and I'll tell you how to make it."

Delen put down the bow and arrow in his hand, looked at Lawrence and asked: "When does the oak forest start?"

"It has already started. The lumberyard and roads are being built now. We can go there tomorrow to help." Lawrence smiled and said, "Do you feel uncomfortable after living in a cave for a long time?"

Delen nodded, "I want to move back to the wooden house. I will move there when the oak forest is built. Now I don't like living in a cave."

Lawrence had been living in a cave and felt very dull and depressed. Fortunately, he was accompanied by several maids and witches, and there were many things to do, so he didn't feel so upset.

Normal people would really feel uncomfortable if they didn't see the sun.

"Okay, we will move back to the wooden house tomorrow, and this place will be used as a warehouse from now on."

Lawrence was very kind to Delen, and Delen was also very cooperative with Lawrence. He quickly went to the blacksmith shop to help make a set of double-layer molds that could pour fifty copper coins at the same time.

In order not to delay the production of farm tools and weapons, only 10,000 copper coins were made, and each one was only as big as a fifty-cent coin.

Three thousand coins were given as rewards to the craftsmen and technicians who have been working hard in the past few years. Even the mining slaves were given a few coins. They can go to the mountains to buy wine and drink, or they can save them to buy chickens and sheep later. .

Fleiss and Andrew also gave one or two hundred to facilitate their playing cards. The big pot mechanism has not yet been abolished, so there is no need for too much circulating currency. That time has not yet come.

A few days later, the Luofen Kingdom's sailing team successfully returned home and rested for a long time at Dumu Port, which had not yet been fully established.

They didn't wait for Lawrence. The people in Telanthoof City were still very afraid of this man who was rumored to be able to summon stone giants and storms.

Lawrence does not have the ability to summon storms, but he can know the snow disasters caused by the roar of the God of Winter, and can avoid the ocean storms of the Storm God, so he can summon storms and blizzards.

Lawrence didn't pay attention to this. After Salil and others moved back to the wooden house, they also began to live in the wooden house, leaving the matter of blasting mountain roads to build roads and building houses to his subordinates.

Spring is coming soon, and there are more than a dozen newborns in the territory. Even Doug's children are born, and there are a group of mixed-haired puppies.

Lawrence kept Doug and a female dog in the cave to guard the warehouse. The other dog was placed in the sheep house for old age, and he was paired with another female dog to keep him company.

The Snow Cave Man rested in Dumu Harbor during the winter, and left again in the spring, leaving behind two dogs for Lawrence.

Lawrence didn't want to keep dogs anymore, so he sent the two dogs to the church to serve as guard dogs there.

Just after this dull life continued until April, caravans from the south arrived again. (End of chapter)